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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1926
Page
4
Chemical dream of sleep altering drugs sparks warning
The piece surveys chemists seeking a drug to reduce sleep and extend wakeful hours, warning of narcotics dangers. It cautions that artificial stimulation could worsen addiction, disrupt natural balance, and fail to deliver lasting happiness or beauty gains. It questions societal push for constant alertness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
United
Sta
Mr. du Pont
Dicien
The Teachers Influence in Charlotte Schools
The piece argues the teacher's character and personal qualities shape children more than methods. It urges selecting teachers for moral integrity over professional skill, warning a deficient mentor lowers all students to the teacher's level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte News
Atlantic City Beauty Contest Judges Call For Natural Looks
A judge from the Atlantic City beauty contest comments on shifting standards toward natural beauty. He notes that plucked eyebrows cosmetics and artificial curls are fading as women are valued for staying true to their own type, though public acceptance of such change remains slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iz Exchange
Atlantic ‘City
Wythe Grand Jury Recessed While Court Opens Monday
Wytheville Sept 17 The special grand jury probing the Raymond Bird lynching was suspended to allow Judge Sutherland to open the Carroll county circuit court on Monday. Investigator H M Heuser will stay through the week gathering evidence as about twenty witnesses are scheduled to testify. Twelve witnesses were heard today with no sensational developments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wytheville
Raymond Bird
Sus
Sutherland
Carroll County
Joseph H. Chitwood
Commonwealth
Wythe County
Chitwood
Witness Herbert Hud dle testifies in Bird case
The most important witness today was Herbert Hud dle, a neighborhood resident, in the case alleging Bird attacked a young white girl in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Huddle
Bird
Fall Tourists Find Valley Beautiful
Fall tourist season begins in the Valley of Virginia as forests blaze with autumn colors. Hundreds of motorists from across the United States and foreign countries pass through the Valley daily en route to Florida Pinehurst Asheville and other Southern or Western destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
United States
Florida
Pinehurst
Asheville
Frances Triumphs in National Singles Tennis
Forest Hills N Y September 17 France dominates as Vincent Richards the last American defender falls in a five set semifinal against Jean Borotra. Frances wins the National Men's singles title as the outcome of the match shapes the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Forest Hills
N. Y
America
France
Vincent Richards
Jean Borotra
Kenmore House Link to Washington Family History
Kenmore near Fredericksburg was built by Col. Fielding Lewis who married Elizabeth Washington sister of George Washington. Lewis helped run a state arms factory in Fredericksburg during the Revolution and his son Lawrence married Nellie Custis. The Gordon family later owned Kenmore and it remained with Mrs. William Key Howard until her death. Ornamental plaster ceilings are noted as possibly carved by Hesse prisoners during the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenmore
Fredericksburg
Col
Fielding Lewis
Elizabeth (Beatty
Gordon
William Key Howard
Funk & Son
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